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The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on Friday accused the Israeli military of “deliberate and direct destruction” of its property. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said two excavators and one bulldozer belonging to the Israeli army destroyed part of a fence and a concrete structure in a UNIFIL position in the border area of Ras Naqoura on Thursday. The mission called the incident a “a flagrant violation” of international law. The “incident, like seven other similar incidents, is not a matter of peacekeepers getting caught in the crossfire, but of deliberate and direct ac…

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